High 7.7Published Oct 6, 2026

CVE-2026-105849Payload: API key disclosure through ordinary document reads

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:23 UTC)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, higher than 21% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Payload is a free and open source headless content management system. In versions from 3.0.0 before 3.90.0 and canary versions before 4.0.0-canary.34, users with ordinary read access to other authentication documents in a collection with useAPIKey enabled can obtain active API keys and exercise the target accounts' permissions until those keys are rotated or disabled. This issue is fixed in versions 3.90.0 and 4.0.0-canary.34.

CVSS: 7.7 HIGH (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-201, CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.30% (percentile 21)
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 6, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

payloadcms payload payloadcms:payload (from the name)	from 3.0.0, < 3.90.0; from 4.0.0-canary.0, < 4.0.0-canary.34	CNA record
payloadcms payload payloadcms:payload	from 3.0.0 before 3.90.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; and 27 more ranges	NVD

References

https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/security/advisories/GHSA-238x-w2j9-gwwrx-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/commit/880d2e900be22cd66a9e939f2b3e702fa413180fx-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/releases/tag/v3.90.0x-refsource-misc, patch, release-notes

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